CFP: Victory Culture (grad) (2/10/06; (dis)junctions, 4/7/06-4/8/06)

full name / name of organization:

Elizabeth Spies

contact email:

elizabethspies@hotmail.com

(dis)junctions: lost in translationApril 7-8, 2006University of California, Riverside

This panel will consist of papers concerning the rhetoric around theAmerican narrative and Victory Culture. What narratives of history havecontributed to the American consciousness as a culture of victory?-What are the major groundworks which have either disturbed or buttressedthe American vision of a victory culture? The cowboy/Indian narrative,Rambo, etc.-narratives of political victory (i.e. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, or themore recent TV series The West Wing),-national consciousness concerning the American war story, contemporary newsrepresentations of war.-How do these presentations immobilize history?-How do alternate narratives coincide with the vision of America as aVictory Culture? i.e Fahrenheit 911, the Kinsey Report, etc.

Please send 250-300 word abstracts to elizabethspies_at_hotmail.com by February10, 2006. Please include any requests for media.